A National Geographic piece asks “Will Istanbul’s Massive New Canal Be an Environmental Disaster?…

IstanbulOn a bluff overlooking the Sazlıdere Dam just west of Istanbul, a bust of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, modern Turkey’s founder, is accompanied by a quote: “The villager is the true master of the nation.” But the villagers here know little of what the government plans for them, except that they will not be

Istanbul has continued its slide down the annual Mercer Quality of Living Survey, with the latest report released on March 20 citing “severe political turmoil in Turkey.” Istanbul ranked 134th on the Mercer 20th Quality of Living Survey, down one place from last year’s ranking and 12 places down from the

Europe and Turkey have a lot in common. Istanbul for one. The metropolis of 15 million is not merely geographically part of Europe. A foray through the city of contrasts. A young woman poses on a roof overlooking Istanbul (Rena Effendi)

“Freelancing abroad” is a new IJNet series that explores the lives of freelance journalists who have relocated abroad. When she first arrived in Istanbul, Turkey, American journalist Pesha Magid reached out to journalists she was following on Twitter to form her new network. “They were incredibly warm